Bottle attachment



June 17, 1930. Wy C, ERW|N 1,763,924

BOTTLE ATTACHMENT Filed Aug.' 14, 1928 Afr/2 C@ WM Patented June 17, 1930 UNITED .STATES PATENT OFFICE f N BOTTLE ATTACHMENT Application mea August 14, 1928. serial No. 299,574.

This invention has to do with a bottle attachment and it is a general object of the invention to provide a device or attachment applicable to capped bottles for use in dis'- pensing the contents therefrom.

Carbonated or charged beverages are ordlnarily handled in bottles provided with metal caps known generally as crown caps. In practice the removal of the cap bottle of 4carbonated fluid requires that the fluid be used in a limited length of time otherwise it becomes flat. Further, it is desirable in using carbonated fluid in the mixing of beverages to dispense it from the bottle in a small stream and at a high velocity. This, of course, cannot be done with the 'ordinary cap unless the ca-p is punctured, leaving an opening which allows the contents to become flat unless used immediately.

An object of this invention is to provide a simple, practical and improved cap or attachment applicable to a capped bottle and operable to dispense the contents of the bottle in a small stream and to hold the bottle sealed except when the device is actuated to dispense the contents.

Another object of this invention is to provide a device of the character mentioned which is extremely simple of construction and manufacture and which involves a minimum number of simple parts.

A. feature of the present invention is the provision of a device of the character described in which the valve or control member is normallyyieldingly held in seated or closed position without the use'of a spring such as is ordinarily employed in devices of this character.

Another object of the invention is to promeans for securing a device of the character mentioned on a capped bottle. The means provided by this invention is dependable, simple and convenient to operate.

A further object of the invention is to provide various improvements in' the formation and arrangement of parts in a device of the character-mentioned.

The various objects and features of my invention will be best Lund more fully unfrom a V vide a simple, inexpensive and improvedl vderstood from the following detailed description of a typical formA and application of the invention, throughout which description Areference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a view showing the device provided by this invention in the course of being applied to a capped bottle. Fig. 2 is a view showing the device in place or in operating position on a capped bottle. Fig. 3 is a 60 detailed sectional view showing the device in position as shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a view showing the device actuated to pncture or perforate the cap of the bottle. Fig. 5 is a sectional view showing the device actuated so that the valve or control means is open. Fig, 6 is a horizontal section of line 6 6 of Fig. 2.

The device provided by this invention is intended to be used on a capped bottle suoli, for instance, as the standard or common form of capped bottle in which carbonated -or charged beverages are sold. For purpose of example, I have disclosed a typical form of' bottle having a neck 10 provided at its 75, end with a rounded party or bead 11. The ordinary or common form of crown cap 12 is used in closing this type of bottle, the cap being provided with a crimped peripheral ange 13 to engage around the bead 11 and being providedy with a washer 14 usually formed of cork. The washer is arranged in the cap to have sealing engagement between the cap and the neck of the bottle.

The device provided by my invention in- 85 cludes, generally, a frame or carrier 15 preferably in the form of an inverted cup adapted to fit over the cap 12 of the bottle, a body 16 mounted in the carrier to have sealing engagement with the cap 12 when the carrier is in place on the cap, means 17 ,for releasably attaching the carrier to the cap 12, and control or valve means 18 operable to control the passage of fluid outwardly through the body. 9

The carrier 15 is preferably in the form of a pressed or stamped sheet. metal shell made cup shaped and adapted to be arranged over the bottle cap l2 as illustrated throughout the drawings. The carrier 15 acts primarily as 'a mounting or support for the various parts of the device. In the preferred formof the invention the o n end or mouth of the carrier is flared as s own at r20. to facilitate the application of the device to a cap.

The means 17 provided for securing theV device in position on a cap 12 comprises a single sprlng member, for instance' a spring wire-v having one end portion 30 Vpassed the wire can be operated in the slot or opening 32 to allow it to pass over the {iange of the cap and to be sprung outwardly to be disengaged from under the flange of the cap. The wire has a middle or loop portion 34 extending between the end portions 30 and 31 and around the exterior of the carrier allowing free movement of the end portion 31 as above described. This particular means of securing. the barrier on a cap 12 has been found to be very effective, dependable and convenient to operate.A

In ,accordancel with the invention, the'body 16 of the device is formed of yielding elastic material, preferably rubber or other composition having the characteristics of rubber.

The body. 16 is mounted in the carrier and has an annular face l21 adapted to seat on the top of the cap 12 in sealing engagement therewith. An openin is formed or Vextends upwardly in the p ody from its-lower end forming chambers A and B separated'by a downwardly facing shoulder or seat 22.

The control or valve means 18 comprises,

' generally, 'a valve part 40 located at the the chamber B through the 4top'43 'of chamber A of the body and a stem 41 extending upwardly from the valve 40 througlh t e body and through .the top of the carrier 15.

Y The-valve 40 may-be in the form of a 'disk 22 thro adapted to seat upwardly against the seat 22, as clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the'drawings. The stem41 iits tightly in an opening 44 lformed through the top of the body 16 and is guided in openings formed in spaced parts -45 at the top of the body 16. The stem 41 projects a substantial distance above the top `of the body 16 and is provided at its upper end with an 'operating knobl 46. In accordance with my invention a flange 47 is fixed on'the stem to engage or seat on the top of the body 16, the valve 40 and flange 47 being spaced apart on the stem so that the body 1s somewhat compressed between them causing the valve 40 to be normally yieldingly held in engagement with the seat ugh the `action of the body. The

. yielding qualities of the body allow the SteurA -out'o the ope tice the punch 50 is made round in cross section and at its'lower end 51 is bevelled oil so that the cut part of the cap 12 is turned back in a manner to hold the cork washer 14 formed by the punch. Anoutlet opening is provided in the body from the chamber B, and in the pre- `erred form- 0f the invention the opening 60 continues through a spout 61 projecting from the body. In practice the carrier 15 has a projecting part 65 forming a housing for the spout 61.` In operating the device it is applied to the cap of the bottle by rst arranging the end portion 30 of the spring wire under the flange Vof the cap and then tilting the device over the cap from the position shown in Fig.

1 to that shown in Fig. 2 during which op eration the end portion 31 of the spring wireA is allowed to snap'- over the flange of the cap.

It is tobe understood, of course, that the spring wirel is located in the bodyfwith reference to the seat or face 21 sothat the-body 16 of rubber seats tightly on the top of the cap 12 when the device is in place, as shown in Figs.` 2, 3, 4 and 5 ofthe drawings.'

To operate the device the stem 45 is movedl downwardly to a position such as is shown in Fig. 4 causing the punch 50 to penetrate the cap 12,' forming an opening through'v which the contents of the bottle can be disp pensed. The stem, having been momentarily depressed tomakethe necessary opening in the cap, is allowed to return to its normal position as shown'in Fig. 3. To dispense the contents of the bottle, thebottle is tilted -so that the contents will run throu h the opening in the capv into the body o the device, that is into the chamber A. The stem 41 is then depressedV as shown in Fig. 5 opening communication between the chambers-A and, B so that the contents of the bottle discharge throughV the opening4 60. When the desired amount of the contents'has been dispensed, the stem 41 is released so that the resiliency of the body returns the valve 40 into engagement with the seat 22, thus sealing the chamilo ber A from the chamber B so that pressure l cannot esca e from thebottle. To remove the device m the bottle it is merely necessary to operate or swing the end portion 31 of the wire outwardly to disengage it kfrom under the flange ofthe cap.

Having described onl a typical preferred form of my invention, Iydo not wish to limit myself to the specific details set forth, but wish to reserve to myself Aany changes or following claims l variations that may appear to those skilled in the art or fall Within the scope of the Having described my invention, I claiinz' l. device for use on a capped bottle including, a body to have sealing engagement with the cap of the bottle, a substantially rigid carrier encasing the body, and a member in connection with the body operable to puncture the cap and actuated by the body to normally yieldingly prevent dis Charge from the bottle:v

2.'A device for use von. a capped bottle including, a body of resilient material to have sealing engagement with the cap of the bottle, a su stantially rigid carrier encasing member'having spaced parts to engage the cap.

- 8, A device for use on a capped bottle including, a member to engage over the cap, 4and means for securing said member to the cap including aspring Wire carried by the memberI having spaced parts to engage the cap, one of said parts being fixed and the other movable.

In 4witness that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto lsubscribed my name this 17th' day of July, 1928. WELDON CHARLES ERWIN.

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4. A ldevice for use on a capped bottle including, a body of resilient material tol have sealing engagement with the cap of the bottle, a carrier for the bod having means for releasable connection Wlt .the cap,

anda member in connection with the body4 operable to puncture the cap and actuated by the resiliency of the body to control discharge`fromfthe bottle.

5. A device for use on a cappedbottle including, a body o f resilient material to have sealing engagement'with the .cap of the bottle, a carrier for the body having means lfor releasable connectionv with 4the cap, and

a member in connection with the body operable to puncture the cap and actuated by the resiliency of the body to control dlscharge' from the bottle, said means including a springmember carried bythe carrier to engage under a part of the cap.

6. A device for 4use on a capped bottle l including, la body of resilient material to have sealing engagement with the cap of the bottle, a carrier for the body ,havingv means for releasable connection with the cap,

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and a member in connection with the body operable to puncture the cap and z'cooperan ing with the body to control discharge from the bottle, said means including a single v spring member carried by the carrier and having spaced parts to engage under a part 7. A device for use on a capped bottle including, a member to engage over the cap, and means for securing said member to the cap'including a spring wire carried by the 

